Vocab

Question 0

Freedoms

Answer 0

Privileges so basic they cannot be restricted by laws of the government

Question 1

Rights

Answer 1

Privileges guaranteed by government

Question 2

Duties

Answer 2

Obligations the government places on people in return for their rights

Question 3

Responsibilities

Answer 3

Beyond legal duties to include type of behaviour that shows respect for the rights of others

Question 4

Common law

Answer 4

Law that is based on the rulings made by judges in court

Question 5

Status law

Answer 5

Written law that has been passed as legislation by federal, provincial and local government

Question 6

Entrenched

Answer 6

Right given special protection

Question 7

Legal rights

Answer 7

Guaranteed by law

Question 8

Security certificates

Answer 8

Documents that permit foreign-born thought to be danger to be detained without charge

Question 9

Discrimination

Answer 9

Action that shows prejudice against a person or group of people

Question 10

Criminal law

Answer 10

Laws that protect rights in offences against society

Question 11

Civil law

Answer 11

Deals with protection of private rights

Question 12

Sanction

Answer 12

A penalty or reward to enforce obedience to a law

Question 13

First Nation

Answer 13

Metis, Inuit

Question 14

Metis

Answer 14

First Nation and European

Question 15

Claim

Answer 15

Right to something specifically

Question 16

Alternative sentencing

Answer 16

Under guidelines, imprisonment is used only as a past resort